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Succotash Epi44: Christmas Cardin' With The Pod Mafia

Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, was launched in 2011 with the idea of promoting comedy soundcasts in what was then a marketplace still trying to find its way. By featuring short clips of shows being produced by funny folks both known and unknown, we like to feel that we maybe had a little tiny, eeny weeny, itsy bitsy bit to do with helping to ignite the torch of soundcasts across the globe! (But then we've always had a rather high opinion of ourselves...)

Original show host and executive producer Marc Hershon, along with booth announcer Bill Heywatt, engineer/producer Joe Paulino, associate producer Tyson Saner, musical director Scott Carvey, and booth assistant Kenny Durgis have kept the flame alive o'er these many years. In 2018, Hershon abandoned the host chair and anointed Saner to the position, with nary a notice from the legions of listeners. Typical.

Happy
holidays! Whether you're a Christmas-er, an Hanuakkat, or a
Kwanza-hut, Succotash is damned glad to have you. "It's the
time of miracles," said Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber in Die
Hard and it's true. First of all, we're back in Studio P for
the first time in many episodes. So good to have engineer/producer
Joe Paulino back behind the controls. Not to mention Bill
Haywatt, who has a fresh installment of Boozin' With
Bill on tap this time around. Even Kenny Durgess, our
booth assistant, is on the job and it's a great way to ring in the
holiday season.

I
wanted to do something special for the holidays, so Epi44 is our
Succotash Christmas Card to the illustrious members of the
Pod Mafia. Who ARE the Pod Mafia? A loose collective of podcasters
who have struck up a virtual (and sometimes actual) friendship via
the web, and have actively worked to cross-promote each others'
podcasts. I am pleased and honored to have been dubbed the
Podfather by this crew, although I'm aware it's a precarious perch
at best and someone else could shake me loose at any time.
Nonetheless, for the meantime, as Podfather, it's my pleasure to
offer up clips from the assembled members of the Pod Mafia this
episode.

One of
the best things about getting to do an epi of Succotash in
Studio P is that it puts us in proximity to Bill Haywatt's wet bar
and give us a chance to present Boozin' With Bill. This time
about, that workhorse of radio drops a great post New Year's
hangover drink on us which he calls Harry Of The Dog That Bit
You. It's named for Harry Morgan, with whom Bill worked
on an old radio show called Mystery In The Air, and it's a
real doozy.

Burst
O' Durst

Our
resident raging moderate, Will Durst, sounds off about gun
control in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School
nightmare.

Holiday
Reminder

Show
some love to your favorite podcasts by hopping up to iTunes and
both rating and reviewing those same podcasts with lots of stars
and glowing praise. Then do the same on Stitcher Smart Radio - go
up to their website, search for your faves and give them a big ol
"thumbs up!" Every little bit helps, and the more often you do it,
the better their visibility gets on the charts.

Sing
A Song Of Yuletide

I'm
happy to be able to feature Is A Chupacabra Kosher?, a new
song off the Season's Geekings EP by
friend-of-SuccotashJohn Anealio. Jump over
to his website
to give yourself a stocking stuffer: A free download of his holiday
album!

Happy
Holidays From Henderson's Pants!

We
have a commercial this episode from our friends at Henderson's.
More than a commercial, it's a tale done in the style of the
popular Christmas poem, 'Twas The Night Before Christmas.
Enjoy!

A
Good Run

Our
friend Caleb Bacon, host of
The Gentlemen's Club podcast, has run down the curtain on
that show after 154 episodes. I give him a final salute in the form
of a review in This Week In Comedy
Podcasts on Splitsider.com but don't despair— Caleb is
already prepping to return in February 2013 with his new
podcast, Man
School! In his farewell episode, Caleb is interviewed as
much as he interviews by his guest, That Chris Gore of
PodCRASH podcast fame.

The
Clips

As I
mentioned above, all the clips this week save one are from
members of the Pod Mafia.

Dylan
Brody's Neighbor's Couch
Although Darren Staley is not a
member of the Pod Mafia, I think he would be if he trafficked with
out kind more. Last epi I though I was going to get to his clip but
it didn't happen. So I promised him we'd give him pole position
this time around.In addition to being a supporter Succotash
his show's audio audio quality has gotten steadily better since I
first started listening. And his guests are often, amazing, quite
celebrity-statured. This clip features part of his chat with
Rosanne
Barr.

Royal &
DoodallTommy Royal of the
Royal & Doodall show is – I'm pretty sure – the bloke
responsible for coining not just the Pod Mafia name, but also for
dubbing yours truly the Podfather. Unfortunately, Tommy is not in
the show I'm clipping this episode. It seems he's been replace by
Lady Isabel P., who co-hosts this installment with
Angus
Doodall. Don't miss their Christmas Panto show which should
I have role in. See if you can pick out my voice — I’m an audio
chameleon.

Don't Quit Your
DaycastEd Wallick
from Don’t Quit Your Daycast is not just a member of the Pod
Mafia but was inspired, in part, do put his own podcast together
after hearing Succotash. He just had his one-year-a-versary
show, where he ranted – Ed loves to rant – ranted about
Thanksgiving with guests Taylor Ripley (aka
@TurkReno) and Tom Bevis of the
Destination Asphyxiation podcast. (We also have a Christmas
Greeting called into the Succotash Hotline by
Ed!)

Destination Asphyxiation
Since we have Ed Wallick and Tom Bevis in the same room – Tom was
up from Southern California visiting Ed in Northern California, who
turns out to be his uncle – let’s listen for the first time to a
clip from Tom’s Destination Asphyxiation show. Oh, look –
it’s Ed Wallick, ranting some more!

The DHead Factor
Though Jabs at The DHead
Factor has other fellows who occasionally do the show with him
in Canberra, Australia – like #FUJosh – he’s definitely the
body and soul of the show and a stalwart member of the Pod Mafia.
As the guy who kicked of International Succotash Show Day on
December 4th – I hope you all celebrated it – he’s always saluted
here at Studio P.

Tiny Little Odd
ConversationsMerry
Christmas to Travis and Brandi
Clark, the hosts of Tiny Odd Conversations. They were
almost out of the Pod Mafia before it began toward the end last
year because Travis was feeling like there was nowhere else to go
with the show. I helped talk him off the ledge, and glad to have
done so because we may never have gotten that great cookie recipe
from Chef Eddie Vetter otherwise. Here’s part of a conversation
that Travis and Brandi had on their Not The Holiday Special
episode, about a homeless Santa they came across.

Pissed Off Man
I THINK Gavin from The
Pissed Off Man Show is in the Pod Mafia. But I didn’t want to take
a chance that he isn’t because he IS the Pissed Off Man. So Merry
Christmas, Gee, and for a guy who says he doesn’t have much to be
pissed off about on the last day of existence, according to the
Mayan calendar, he still gets a few shots in…

From Out Of
Nowhere
The From Out of Nowhere podcast – or FOONcast – withEric Furniss and
Rob
Kern is really a music podcast but they’ve got a
sense of humor and Eric is very active on Twitter as a member of
the Pod Mafia. They’ve been doing their show from a local bar
because their studio got damaged by Hurrican Sandy. The show I
grabbed to clip from, however, actually features Rob in a bar
interview he did awhile back with Motörhead's Lemmy
Kilmister and Matt Sorum. Sorry, Eric – I was in a
hurry! We’ll get your voice in there next
time.

Happy
holidays to everybody (especially those of you who have discovered,
listened to, and enjoy our show!), and may you all have a great new
year, in which you should remember, for the sake of all that's
holy, to pass the Succotash!